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From Adonai to Aura

Adonai ha-Aretz
Hebrew divine name for Malkuth in the world of Atziluth
Alchemy
The application of various methods to produce the mystical Stone of the Philosophers and accomplish the Great Work; these methods tend to work on several planes of existence in simultaneous parallel
Angels, Choir of
The spirits in the Hebraic world of Yetzirah
Atziluth
The highest of the planes in the four worlds of the Kabbalah; the archetypal world; the world in which the divine functions
Archangels
Spirits in the Hebraic world of Briah
Assiah
The lowest of the planes in the four worlds of the Kabbalah; the physical world
Astral Plane
A modern term for the hebraic world of Yetzirah
Astrology
The technical science of the relationships between the planets and the zodiac, and their effects upon humans
Aura
The field of energy surrounding all living things

From Binah to Briah

Binah
The third Sephirah, meaning "Understanding"; also known as the "Great Mother";the feminine receptive influence at its most pure
Briah
The second of the planes in the four worlds of the Kabbalah; the creative world; the world in which the archangels function

From Caduceus to Cup

Caduceus
A winged staff with two serpents wrapped around it in a double helix; The wand of Mercury/Hermes, a symbol of the lingam
Chesed
The fourth Sephirah, meaning "Mercy"
Chokmah
The second Sephirah, meaning "Wisdom"
Circumambulate
To walk around the perimeter of a ritual area, usually clockwise if not otherwise specified
Court Cards
The sixteen cards in a Tarot deck showing the 16 combinations of elements.
Cup
A magical implement, used in ritual, attributed to the element of Water

From Dagger to Dragon, Black

Dagger
A magical implement, used in ritual, attributed to the element of Air
Divination
Any magical technique used to obtain information ordinarily unobtainable
Dragon, Black
Refers to the Alchemical process of putrification

From Earth,Elemental to Enochian

Earth, Elemental
The element of grounded energy; slow, dark, cold, and dry
Eclectic
Using selected parts of many systems, as opposed to using only one system
Elements, Magical
Four qualities which exist in certain proportions in every single thing; these are labeled for convenience by Fire, Water, Air, and Earth
Enochian
The language of the Angels, as discovered by John Dee and Edward Kelley; the magical system based upon the language

From Fire, Elemental to Flyfot Cross

Fire, Elemental
The element of explosive energy; quick, bright, hot, and dry.
Flashing Colors
The complementary color which, if joined to the original, enables it to attract, to a certain extent, a current of magical energy
Flyfot Cross
A cross with each tine bent at ninety degrees in a counter-clockwise direction, suggesting a clockwise motion; symbolic of the action of the elements through the zodiac emanating from the central sun

From Geburah to Great Work, The

Geburah
The fifth Sephirah, meaning "Severity"
Gedulah
Another name for Chesed
Geomancy
A method of divination involving the sixteen Geomantic figures, which are composed of four rows of one or two dots each and given titles suggestive of their meanings
Gnomes
Elementals of Earth; laborious, patient, greedy spirits
Goetia, The
Part of the Lesser Key of Solomon, this book has the names and sigils of 72 demons, 36 by day and 36 by night (whatever that means)
Great Work, The
The complete union of the Divine with the Material world

From Hod to Hod

Hod
The eighth Sephirah, meaning "Splendour"

From IAO to Intelligences

IAO
Considered by the Gnostics the most holy of the names of God
Initiation
A ceremony devoted to the ending of the initiate's previous phase of life, the beginning of a new phase, and the giving of the tools needed to function in that next phase
Intelligences
Spirits whose nature is entirely Planetary

From Jehovah to Jehovah

Jehovah
English corruption of the Hebrew YHVH (Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh)

From Kether to King, Red

Kether
The first Sephirah, meaning "Crown." The first positive emanation of existence
King, Red
In Alchemical texts, the Qabbalistic Microprosopus

From Lesser Arcana to LVX

Lesser Arcana
The forty numbered cards of the Tarot deck, primarily combining the action of a Sephirah through the medium of an element
LVX
What the Golden Dawn and related organisations call the spirit stuff; "Light In Extension"

From Macroprosopus to Microprosopus

Macroprosopus
The Universe, as opposed to Microprosopus, the individual man
Major Arcana
The 22 Trump cards of the Tarot deck; They are numbered from 0 to 21, with titles such as "The Fool," and "The Hanged Man," representing the action of two Sephirah in conjunction
Malkah
Hebrew for "The Queen"; one of the titles given the Sephirah of Malkuth when viewed as the spouse of Microprosopus
Malkuth
The tenth and last Sephirah, meaning "Kingdom"
Microprosopus
Individual man, as opposed to Macroprosopus, the Universe. The implication is the tenet that man is a mirror of the universe, and the use of this title refers to the similarity

From Nehushtan to Netzach

Nehushtan
The serpant which mosts made when the Children of Israel were bitten by Serpents of Fire in the Wilderness; the Qabbalistic Serpent of Wisdom
Nephesch
The most material aspect of spiritual existence, the seat of the automatic unconsciousness; the Sphere of Sensation or aura
Neschamah
The eternal, archetypal aspect of the soul
Netzach
The seventh Sephirah, meaning "Glory"

From Occult to Occult

Occult
Having to do with unseen forces and secret techniques; the "hidden science";Derived from the Latin occulus

From Pantacle to Pentagram

Pantacle
A magical implement, used in ritual, attributed to the element of Earth; A disk symbolizing the whole of the universe;Compare with Pentacle
Paths
In Qabbalistic terminology, the resonating link between two Sephiroth
Pentacle
A sigil with a circle around it, or an amulet containing one; the sigil is usually assumed to be a pentagram
Pentagram
A five pointed star; When one point is up, it is considered to symbolize matter reaching towards spirit, and the proper governance of spirit over matter; When two points are up, it is considered to be spirit descending into matter; Note that there are several thousand other attributions

From Qabbalah to Queen, White

Qabbalah
The Hebrew branch of mysticism, noted by its ten divisions of the Universe, called Sephiroth, a belief in the creation of the Universe by a process of successive emanation, and the belief of a cipher hidden within the Hebrew language and the Torah
Qabbalistic Cross
A basic mini-ritual, intended to balance the magician's aura; many rituals begin and end with this
Qlippoth
The Qabbalistic demons continguous to and below matter; Some sources describe how they are the shells of the first tree of life, destroyed because they were too weak to hold the light of God
Queen, White
In Alchemical texts, the Bride of Microprosopus; See Malkah

From Raven, alchemical to Ruach

Raven, alchemical
The alchemical process of initiation through blackness
Rose Cross, The
The figure of a cross with a rose in the middle, intended to symbolize both the balance and the fruitful intersection between the masculine and feminine; the symbol may be simplified with a circle as the rose, or the rose may have twenty-two petals attributable to the hebrew letters
Ruach
Literal translation from the Hebrew is "breath"; The analytic mechanism of consciousness

From Salamanders to Sylphs

Salamanders
Elementals of Fire; energetic, strong, irritable and ferocious spirits
Sephiroth
One of ten categorizations of the Universe in the Qabbalah. Singular is Sephirah
Serpent of Wisdom
A stylized snake imagined to be twined around the tree, crossing each path but never touching the Sephiroth, intended to show the proper order in which the paths may be traversed in the Way of Return
Skrying
The process of clairvoyance by the focus of the will upon a suitable physical image or object
Sphere of Sensation
The field of energy surrounding all living things. Synonymous with Aura
Sylphs
Elementals of Air; prompt and active spirits, but frivolous and full of caprice

From Talisman to Tree of Life

Talisman
A magical figure charged with the force it is intended to represent
Tarot
A system of ideas, compositing the magical elements, the zodiac, the planets, and the sephiroth into a coherant system; A deck of cards with the faces symbolizing the ideas inherant in each card; usually used for divinatory or meditative purposes
Tattwas
A series of five categorizations in Hindu thought, attributable to the five elements; the five colored shapes designed to assist meditation of the tattwas
Tetrahedron
The first platonic solid, having four vertices and four sides; attributed to the element of fire, each face symbolizing fire in its different aspects
Tiphareth
The sixth Sephirah, meaning "Beauty"
Tree of Life
A diagram showing the inter-relationships between the Sephiroth, connected by "Paths"

From Undines to Undines

Undines
Elementals of Water; flexible, alert, lazy and changeable spirits

From Virtues to Virtues

Virtues
Another name for the Angelic Choir operating in the world of Yetzirah

From Wand to Water, Elemental

Wand
A magical implement, used in ritual, attributed to the element of Fire
Water, Elemental
The element of flowing energy;receptive, quick, dark, cold, and moist

From Yesod to YHVH

Yesod
The ninth sephirah, meaning "Foundation"
Yetzirah
The third plane of the four worlds of the Kabbalah; the plane of the mind; the world in which spirits and angels function
YHVH
Considered by Hebrews the most holy of the names of God

From Zodiac to Zohar

Zodiac
A system of symbols compositing the elements and the modalities and attributing them to the constellations intersected by the astronomical ecliptic
Zohar
An intensely obscure Qabbalistic book written around five centuries ago